Topband: VP8STI 160 Meter Path

[Larry Burke]

Propagation was interesting. It felt a bit like being on 6 meters. N5DG, who
is only 80 miles NW of me, and I had been listening most of the evening. At
best we were hearing peeps. Then at 0336z Ed not only starts hearing him
well, but logs him. Still nothing here. It's a full 20 minutes later before
I heard and worked him. He came out of nowhere. Signals improved
considerably after we worked, built to about 569 and stayed that way for at
least the next 30 minutes. 

Ed and I experienced the same situation on 75 meters -- only they built to
true 5x9 there.  

Like Joel, I tinkered with various directions. But they definitely peaked SE
for me. Never heard much, if anything, in other directions. 

Larry K5RK 

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Subject: Re: Topband: VP8STI 160 Meter Path

Not a peep from them all evening into New Mexico. Frustrating!
Jim w8zr

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 21, 2016, at 5:54 AM, Joel Harrison <w5zn at w5zn.org> wrote:
>
> Tonight on 160 VP8STI had a good signal. Here in Arkansas their signal 
> arrived from the NE from around 0115z until around 0200z peaking 
> around 5 dB above my noise floor. Around 0200z they went "QRX" for a few
minutes.
> When they returned their sig was much weaker and finally faded.
>
> As the evening went on their sig returned around 0330z here and was in 
> and out of the noise, still peaking to the NE and somethings shifting E to
SE.
> Right About a half hour before their SR the signal peaked to the SE 
> and remained their until they faded into the sunrise.
>
> Best signal level here was 10 dB above my noise floor.
>
> Just wanted to pass that on for the folks (K9LA, W4ZV, etc) that keep 
> track of these paths for us.
>
> 73 Joel W5ZN
>
>
> www.w5zn.org
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